Allegiance to the People, Not the King: Australian Republic Movement’s Sandy Biar on Severing Ties
The death of Queen Elizabeth II evoked differing responses. To many in this country, the British monarch of 70 years was a figure who well served the people of the Commonwealth. For others, she was an archaic figurehead, representing past...
Class Action Could be Launched Against Optus Over Data Breach
Optus - the company that has built its brand on the proposition of ‘Yes’ - is now saying a resounding ‘No’ to customers who are requesting assistance to change their phone numbers and seek some form of compensation, after the...
Wilkie Calls for an End to Tasmania’s Punishment of Child Detention Whistleblower
Federal Independent MP Andrew Wilkie appeared before the press last Wednesday, joined by Tasmanian MP Kristie Johnston and MLC Meg Webb, to call on the Tasmania government to bring a halt to the persecution of the Ashley Youth Detention Centre whistleblower...
The Offence of Assault Causing Death in NSW: Section 25A Crimes Act 1900
The local community is mourning the death of Aussie surfing champion Chris Davidson following an alleged “one-punch” attack outside a pub in the Mid-North Coast over the weekend. 45-year old Chris Davidson, known locally as ‘Davo’, grew up on Sydney’s...
Whistleblower Faces Prison for Exposing Crimes of Australian Taxation Office
A former officer of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is facing 66 criminal charges for exposing the criminal conduct of the office, including schemes that illegally extorted vulnerable Australians and led many to despair and even suicide. He did all...
Millions at Risk of Identity Theft Due to Optus Data Breach
Optus chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin announced last week that users of the company’s services dating back to 2017 should exercise ‘heightened vigilance’ to protect their identities, after ‘sophisticated criminals’ whose motives are unknown breached the company’s security systems to...
Secrecy Is Lifted, But the Government Continues Its Punitive Prosecution of Richard Boyle
Australian Taxation Office whistleblower Richard Boyle is set to go before the Adelaide District Court to continue his public interest disclosure (PID) defence proceedings on 4 October 2022. And despite the Commonwealth, yet again, attempting to hide evidence of corruption,...
Albanese Has No Issue with the UK and US Crucifying Assange
Then federal MP and now PM Anthony Albanese was one of only 36 federal parliamentarians to sign a petition in 2019, calling on the now three-year-long extradition proceedings against Australian journalist and publisher Julian Assange to be dropped and for him...
Offenders Should be Sent to Prison as Punishment, Not to be Punished
Norway has one of the lowest crime rates in the world. And researchers have long theorised that one of the reasons for this is the country has long, cold winters - weather that acts as a deterrent for crime. Others...
Aussies Demand an End to Criminal Prosecutions of Whistleblowers
Many Australians breathed a sigh of relief when, on 7 July 2022, new Commonwealth attorney general Mark Dreyfus decided in to end the criminal prosecution of Bernard Collaery - the barrister whose client, known only as ‘Witness K’, exposed our...
